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Thread: 2021 Recruiting
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04-23-2020, 06:14 AM #21
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04-23-2020, 06:31 AM #22
Of course they will have their top choices and will target certain kids over others, but that doesn’t mean that they don’t think the other kids have value too. That’s all I’m saying......that just because a recruiting site ranks one kid as a 2 star, and another as a 3 star, if X has offered both a scholarship then the coaching staff thinks both can help the team. Sure I’d love for X to always get their top targets, but that isn’t going to happen very often. That doesn’t mean their 2nd choice isn’t worth something....even if they are only ranked a 2 star by some recruiting site. Does anyone really think that X bases it’s priorities based on how the recruiting sites rank kids? How often have we seen a kid go from a 2 to a 3, or a 3 to a 4, as soon as someone like Uk or Duke offers the kid a scholarship? VC automatically ranks every kid a 2 star as soon as they take a D2 offer. I seen lots of times where they have a kid ranked lower on that site, then rivals does. It’s not exactly a science, they are just opinions. I just value the opinions of the X coaches over those of any recruiting “experts”.
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04-23-2020, 06:45 AM #23
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04-23-2020, 08:48 AM #24
You're thinking about this too rigidly. Often the rankings coincide with what the coaches think. 247 may have one guy at 84 and another guy at 100. Steele may like the 100 ranked guy better but out of thousands of players, those 16 spots mean nothing.
The rankings are fun. The insight on 247 from Snow and Rick does tell who Steele is prioritizing and why. They tell you the skill set of each player and why it may fit in better with X over another guy who is ranked higher. Are they always right? Hell no, no one is. Hell, Mack had recruiting classes in which he missed on everyone.
If you don't like their info, great then don't subscribe. But you can't also say that there isn't information out there.
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04-23-2020, 09:24 AM #25
Never said there wasn’t information out there. But I do feel that much of the “information” we read on those sites is actually just speculation, and sometimes actually contradicts each other. Not thinking about it from a rigid point of view at all. I’m saying that just because one site may have a player as a 2-star player, and not a 3 or 4 doesn’t really matter to me. Or how one site lists a player’s interest (cool or warm) shouldn’t be relied on to be totally accurate. I just trust the coaches evaluations more than I do any recruiting “experts”. I still find it fun and interesting to read these sites though. But that’s all it is...just for fun.
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04-23-2020, 10:08 AM #26
I subscribed for a year, but dropped it. Snow and Broering act too much like know-it-alls to me. (I know, Ironic right?). But like 80 says. Lots of their stuff on there is speculation, with always the ending caveat, "things could change". So much of recruiting is fluid anyway and one can drive themselves crazy obsessing over every player that Xavier is linked to. I'd rather spend money subscribing to The Athletic and Shannon Russell than some pay site who is always trying to act like they're cutting edge.
"I Got CHAMPIONS in that Lockerroom!" -Stanley Burrell
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04-23-2020, 10:15 AM #27
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04-23-2020, 11:42 AM #28
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04-23-2020, 12:02 PM #29
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